Township Lot 36

High Park: Parkside Drive to Colborne Lodge Drive (at Queen Street)

Bought at auction by John Nicholson, 18 October 1826, but there was some confusion about the sale and payment was not completed. On 18 December 1827, the Executive Council minutes names Lot 36 as an “eligible site for intended University”. Granted to King’s College 6 May 1830.

A licence of occupation for the front part of Township Lot 36 was granted to George Percival Ridout, 28 February 1835.

Above: This detail of the patent plan of York Township shows the narrow 100-acre Park Lots stretching between today's Queen Street and Bloor Street. A patent plan was an important working document in the surveyor's office showing the land ownership. Perhaps as early as 1796, this plan certainly dates from prior to 1834 when the Town of York changed to the City of Toronto. (Patent Plans, “York Township”, [178?]-[ca. 1978], Archives of Ontario, RG 1-100)